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GATE. No. 591,780. Patented Oct. 12,1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN LANE, OF HOLLY, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CORNELIUS LANE,OF SAME PLACE.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 591,780, dated October12, 1897.

Application tiled J' une 19, 1897.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN LANE, a citizen of the United States, residingat Holly, county of Oakland, State of Michigan, have invented a certainnew and useful Improvement in Gates; and I declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis specification.

Myinvention relates to iron gates in which sections of wire fencing orfabric may be used as portions thereof; and it consists in theconstruction and combinations hereinafter specified.

In the drawings, Figure l is an elevation of the gate when complete.Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the top and bottom of the outer stile;and Fig. 3 is a representation of the top and bottom of the inner stile,to which the hinges are attached,together with so much of the rail asshows their connections. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the rail on theline a: of Fig. 1, showing the manner in which the wire panel isfastened thereto.

In the drawings, A represents the outer stile, the central portion ofwhich is broken away in Fig. 2. This stile is preferably cast, and theupper portion B, being cast with it, is an elbow recessed upon eachside, as shown at b b, the cross-section of which, therefore,

is in the shape of an I.

O, which is the bottom of the stile, is also an angular block castintegral therewith and having upon each side recesses, so that itscross-section at eis also like that of an I-beam.

D is the inner stile, and cast integral therewith is the lug d, carryingthe pintle d' for the hinge and also having cast at right angles to itsperpendicular direction at top and bottom similar elbows E E, alsohaving crosssections in the shape of an I-beam to correspond with thoseof the outer stile. Holes ff pass through these elbows and are adaptedto receive the bolts F F.

G is a wire fabric which may be of any form, although preferably likethat shown in serial ro. 641,425. or@ modem the drawings. Thelongitudinal strands of 5o this' fabric are caught in holes g g on thestile and are stretched tightly between them'. The perpendicular strandsare fastened in the manner hereinafter stated.

H H are the top and bottom rails. These rails are compound, being madeof two sections h h. Smalll bolts f' f' pass through the compound railsand are adapted to hold them tightly together. The wire fabric, whichusually is made separate from the framing, is inserted between thesections of the rails at the top and bottom, and the sections beingdrawn together by the bolts the fabric is held rigidly between the two.the rails closely engage the recesses in the elbows in the stiles, sothat there is no lost motion or looseness of joints. The framing of thegate when fastened together is there.- fore rigid, it is incapable ofsagging, and it makes a very light, simple, and inexpensive structure toconstruct, and yet presents a good appearance.

l. In a gate, the combination of stiles having cast integral therewithelbows at top and bottom, having therein rabbeted recesses, a compoundtop and bottom rail made of two sections, the ends of which are adaptedto fit into the recesses, a wire fabric interposed between the sectionsof the rails at the top and bottom, and longitudinally held to thestiles, and means whereby the whole is iirmly and rigidly fastenedtogether, substantially as described.

2. In a gate, the combination of double rails located side by side, adouble rail being at the top and one at the bottom, a wire-nettingcomprising a panel for the gate interposed between the sections of therails, and means whereby the sections are firmly clamped together uponthe wirenetting, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.`

JOHN LANE.

Witnesses:

C. A. WILSON, EMMA SARGENT.

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